Centigram and Priority Call Management to Provide Personal Number Applications, Enhanced Services to Comcast Cellular Customers; Combined Solution To Deliver Enhanced Communications and Convenience to Mobile, Virtual-Office Workers on Their Existing Cellular Numbers.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1996--Centigram Communications Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CGRM CGRM Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO) ), a leading global provider of communications solutions, and Priority Call Management, a global provider of intelligent communications platforms, today announced that Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. has purchased Centigram's MobileManager one-number suite of applications. By combining Centigram's Series 6 and Priority's ORYX oryx (ôr`ĭks), name for several small, horselike antelopes, genus Oryx, found in deserts and arid scrublands of Africa and Arabia. They feed on grasses and scrub and can go without water for long periods. communications platforms, MobileManager can deliver Personal Number services to Comcast's expanding wireless market. Comcast, the nation's fourth largest non-wireline carrier, expects to be the first cellular carrier to deploy Personal Number features using cellular customers' existing telephone numbers. Personal Number service integrates voice, fax and "follow me" capabilities into a single telephone number, such as a subscriber's established cellular number. For example, calls made to a subscriber's number can be simultaneously routed to the subscriber's mobile, office and home telephones, as well as to pagers, facsimile machines, and other programmed communications devices Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. . Callers have the option to hold for subscribers or be transferred to voice mail, while subscribers can choose to answer the call, or transfer it to voice mail or another number for assistance. These options greatly enhance productivity for mobile workers by increasing call-completion ratios for higher service levels, and by creating a virtual office. "The successful marriage of the Centigram cen·ti·gram n. A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a gram. centigram one-hundredth of a gram; abbreviated cg. Series 6 and Priority's ORYX platforms allows us to provide the latest one-number capabilities to cellular customers," said Dana Hooper hoop·er n. A maker or repairer of barrels and tubs; a cooper. , Centigram vice president of Marketing and Business Development. "We are pleased that a leading provider such as Comcast has chosen MobileManager, and we believe this is a strong indicator of the growing need for advanced cellular applications in an increasingly competitive marketplace." "We're pleased to combine our ORYX platform and enhanced applications with Centigram's Series 6 platform to meet the growing demand for technologies that support a virtual office environment," said Andrew Ory, Priority's founder and president. "This announcement exemplifies Comcast's leadership position in the cellular market, as well as its commitment to implementing breakthrough wireless technology." "The suite of wireless applications delivered by Centigram and Priority lets us offer the latest solutions to our growing number of customers," said Greg Butz, Comcast vice president of Business Development. "By providing these leading-edge solutions, our customers will be able to communicate more effectively and efficiently than the subscribers of our competition." Comcast Cellular Communications, Inc. Comcast Cellular Communications is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, with more than 350 cell sites serving a population of 8.2 million in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York , New Jersey, Delaware Delaware, state, United States Delaware (dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). and Maryland. Comcast Cellular, headquartered in Wayne, Pa., is ranked as the nation's fourth largest non-wireline carrier with more than 1,000 employees. It is also known for its innovative approach to customer satisfaction, and for creating new products and services such as an enhanced directory assistance program called "Comcast Connect," 24-hour customer service, and the new "Metro 2000" product which allows customers to buy and activate cellular phones in a convenient and easy-to-access fashion. Priority Call Management Priority of Wilmington, Mass., is a global provider of intelligent communications platforms. Priority's switch-based platforms are currently used by major corporations and wireless and wireline network service providers in markets including North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Africa, Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Priority's ORYX platform offers one-number, voice dialing, pre-paid/calling card, international calling, integrated messaging access, and additional value-added applications to support today's virtual office workers. Centigram Communications Corporation Centigram is a leading global provider of communications solutions. Centigram delivers communications solutions by integrating voice, data and facsimile on its Series 6 communications server See network access server, modem server, terminal server and communications controller. (operating system) Communications Server - IBM's rebranding of ACF. , and by providing access to this multimedia information through a telephone or PC. The Series 6 platform is based on industry-standard hardware and software. Centigram also licenses TruVoice, its patented text-to-speech software. Centigram is headquartered at 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. Phone 408/944-0250, fax 408/428-3732, World Wide Web http://www.centigram.com. Centigram has sales and support offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , and Australia. -0- Note to Editors: Centigram and TruVoice are registered trademarks of Centigram Communications Corporation. ORYX is a trademark of Priority Call Management. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corp. Dan Spalding, 408/428-3559 dan.spalding@centigram.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies (for Centigram) Robin Foster or Lisa Kelaita, 415/962-9550 rfoster/lkelaita@millerwest.com or Priority Call Management Mary Sullivan, 508/694-2579 |
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